(1) The withdrawal is to be declared in text form.
(2) The withdrawal period commences at the time of conclusion of the contract or of the conclusion of a preliminary contract. If the consumer does not receive the contractual document or the copy of the contract until after conclusion of the contract, the withdrawal period commences at the time of receipt.
(3) If the consumer has not been provided with the pre-contractual information designated in section 482 (1) or with the form designated in Article 242 section 1 (2) of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code (Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche) prior to conclusion of the contract, not completely or not in the language prescribed in section 483 (1), then the withdrawal period, notwithstanding subsection (2), will not commence until complete receipt of the pre-contractual information and of the form in the prescribed language. The right of withdrawal becomes extinct at the latest three months and fourteen days after the time designated in subsection (2).
(4) If the consumer has not been provided with the instruction regarding withdrawal designated in section 482a before the contract has been concluded, either not completely or not in the language prescribed in section 483 (1), then the withdrawal period, notwithstanding subsection (2), will not commence until the complete the instructions on withdrawal has been received in the prescribed language. Where appropriate, the right of withdrawal expires in derogation subsection (3) sentence 2 at the latest twelve months and fourteen days after the time cited in subsection (2).
(5) If the consumer has concluded a timeshare contract and an exchange system contract, and if these contracts have been offered to them at the same time, the withdrawal period for both contracts commences at the time applicable under subsection (2) to the timeshare contract. Subsections (3) and (4) apply accordingly.